[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR13.01-20]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 13_DECORATIONS, MEDALS, RIBBONS AND SIMILAR DEVICES--Table of 

Contents

 

  Subpart 13.01_Gold and Silver Lifesaving Medals, Bars, and Miniatures

 

Sec. 13.01-20  Definitions.



    As used in the statutes cited and in the regulations in this 

subpart:

    (a) ``Peril of the water'' includes all perils on water caused by, 

or which are such by reason of, the sea or bodies of water such as 

lakes, bays, sounds and rivers; whenever, wherever and in whatever way 

human life is directly imperiled by the sea or a body of water is a 

peril of the water.

    (b) A ``shipwreck'' includes an incident threatening persons whose 

lives are endangered by perils of the water as well as those who are, 

strictly speaking, no longer in danger from the sea or a body of water, 

that peril already having passed, but who are in imminent danger and in 

great need of succor or rescue, as e.g., being adrift in an open boat or 

stranded on some barren coast where, without succor or rescue, they 

would die of starvation, thirst, or exposure.

    (c) ``Waters within the United States or subject to the jurisdiction 

thereof,'' embrace all waters within the United States, and any other 

waters over which the United States exercises jurisdiction.